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Judith and Alvin Neelley are an American married couple who were convicted of two torture murders in the early 1980s in Georgia and Alabama. Judith became the youngest woman to ever be sentenced to death in the United States; however, the Alabama governor at the time commuted her death penalty to life imprisonment in 1999; likely due to her age. Alvin died in prison in 2005 at the age of 52 due to complications resulting from surgery. Unlike most murderous couples, Judith was the primary antagonist in this relationship with much speculation that her higher IQ and deep-seated hatred of herself and others led to her actions.